Prevention of Infection and Incidence of COVID-19 in Medical Personnel Assisting Patients With New Coronavirus Disease

NCT ID: NCT04405999

Last Updated: 2022-04-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-05-14
• Study Completion Date: 2020-08-31

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial of the efficacy and safety evaluation of oral administration of Bromhexine hydrochloride for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease in medical personnel assisting patients with a new coronavirus disease

Detailed Description

This study aims to evaluate the oral administration of Bromhexine hydrochloride for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease in medical personnel assisting patients with a new coronavirus disease. The aim of the study is to determine the preventive role of this drug in the framework of reducing the incidence of coronavirus infection in risk groups (medical personnel). Several studies show, that the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-CoV uses endosomal cysteine proteases cathepsin B and L (CatB/L) and the transmembrane protease serine type 2 (TMPRSS2) for the priming of the viral S-protein. The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 penetrates into alveolar epithelial type two cells through a similar mechanism. In detail, viral S-protein binds to pneumocyte angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and then undergoes cleaving by TMPRSS2 in S1- and S2-subunits. This leads to the release of a fusion peptide, which allows the virus to enter the cell via endocytosis. Therefore, the protease TMPRSS2 can serve as a target for pharmacological agents to prevent the penetration of the SARS-CoV-2 into the cell. Bromhexine blocks the TMPRSS2 ability to activate a zymogen precursor of tissue plasminogen activator in vitro. Interestingly, TMPRSS2 is blocked by much lower concentrations then required to inactivate other proteases in the cell culture. However, these data cannot be simply extended to the clinical practice: whether the concentration of bromhexine in the lung tissue of properly treated patients would be enough to prevent the virus entry through the TMPRSS2-inactivation remains unclear. A randomized study in people at risk for coronavirus infection will clarify the role of Bromhexine hydrochloride as a prevention of this disease.

Conditions

Increased Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Bromhexine hydrochloride Group

medical personnel at risk for COVID-19 infection with oral administration of Bromhexine hydrochloride

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Bromhexine Hydrochloride

Intervention Type: DRUG

Medical personnel at risk for COVID-19 infection will receive study medication for 14 days

Control Group

medical personnel at risk for COVID-19 infection without oral administration of Bromhexine hydrochloride

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Bromhexine Hydrochloride

Medical personnel at risk for COVID-19 infection will receive study medication for 14 days

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age of 18 years or more;

2. Negative test (PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 infection;

3. The absence of clinical manifestations of a respiratory infection;

4. Contact with patients with laboratory and / or clinically confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection;

5. Signed informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Intolerance to Bromhexine hydrochloride;

2. Work out of contact with SARS-CoV-2 infection;

3. Non-compliance with the rules for the use of personal protective equipment when working with SARS-CoV-2 infection (the rules for the use of personal protective equipment in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Health of Russia and the internal orders of the Director General of Almazov NMRC, relevant to the dates of research);

4. Pregnancy and the period of breastfeeding;

5. Other circumstances that the researcher considers inappropriate to participate in this study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Federal State Budgetary Institution, V. A. Almazov Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, of the Ministry of Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Evgeny Mikhaylov, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Almazov National Medical Research Centre

Locations

Almazov National Medical Research Centre

Saint Petersburg, , Russia

Countries

Russia

References

Mikhaylov EN, Lyubimtseva TA, Vakhrushev AD, Stepanov D, Lebedev DS, Vasilieva EY, Konradi AO, Shlyakhto EV. Bromhexine Hydrochloride Prophylaxis of COVID-19 for Medical Personnel: A Randomized Open-Label Study. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 29;2022:4693121. doi: 10.1155/2022/4693121. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35103059 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

05-20-02-С

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id